Finding Freedom: Reclaiming Your Life After Relationship Trauma

An Interactive Journal & Workbook for Healing From Family Scapegoating, Narcissistic Spectrum Abuse and Intimate Relationship Trauma

By Glynis Sherwood, MEd

60 pages | eBook | $8 CAD | Instant Download

When Relationships Have Left You Hurting and Doubting Yourself

If you have experienced family scapegoating, narcissistic spectrum abuse, childhood emotional abuse, or an emotionally harmful intimate relationship, you may have spent years trying to understand what went wrong and why you continue to struggle with its effects.

You may find yourself wrestling with shame, self doubt, low self worth, difficult relationships, anxiety, grief, or difficulty trusting your own perceptions. You may wonder how to move forward when the experiences that hurt you have also affected the way you see yourself and relate to others.

Finding Freedom was created to help you make sense of these experiences and begin reclaiming your life.

This interactive healing journal and workbook combines psychological understanding, practical guidance and carefully designed Healing Prompts to help you explore your experiences, strengthen your sense of self, and consider what you want for your relationships and your future.

You can work through it at your own pace, returning to the material and prompts whenever you need them.

What Finding Freedom Can Help You Explore

Understand What Went Wrong in Your Family of Origin

Gain a clearer understanding of relationship patterns that may have contributed to emotional pain, shame, self doubt and confusion.

For people who have experienced family scapegoating or narcissistic spectrum abuse, this includes exploring how blame, rejection, invalidation and other harmful behaviors can affect the way you see yourself.

Release Shame and Guilt That Were Never Yours to Carry

Explore the difference between genuine responsibility and shame or guilt that other people have placed on you.

Begin separating your identity from the negative messages you may have internalized, and develop a more compassionate and reality based understanding of yourself.

Reclaim Your Self Worth and Confidence

Reconnect with your needs, values, strengths and sense of identity.

Use the Healing Prompts to reflect on who you are, what matters to you, and what you want your life to look like beyond the painful roles or expectations imposed by others.

Strengthen Self Trust and Personal Boundaries

Explore how past experiences may have affected your confidence in your own perceptions and decisions.

Consider practical ways to recognize unhealthy interpersonal dynamics, establish appropriate boundaries, and protect yourself from further emotional harm.

Make Thoughtful Decisions About Your Future

Clarify the relationship patterns and personal struggles you most want to change.

Finding Freedom encourages you to reflect on your options, identify priorities, and consider steps that support a life more closely aligned with your legitimate needs and values.

More Than an eBook: An Interactive Healing Journal

Finding Freedom is designed to be used, not simply read.

Throughout the book, Healing Prompts invite you to pause, explore your thoughts and feelings, and apply what you are learning to your own experiences.

The prompts can help you reflect on:

• Shame, guilt and self worth
• Your identity, values and personal needs
• The effects of family scapegoating and emotionally harmful relationships
• Self trust, confidence and decision making
• Boundaries and emotional safety
• Difficult relationship patterns
• Personal challenges that have been difficult to resolve
• Practical steps toward the future you want

You can work through the material in your own time. You can also return to particular prompts when you need greater clarity about a difficult experience, relationship or decision.

The aim is to help you move beyond understanding what happened and begin considering what you want to do differently.

What Readers Say About Finding Freedom

“A life changing journal which patiently guides you to explore your thoughts, feelings and traumatic past to assist you in liberating yourself from the chains of self doubt, shame and guilt that were never truly your own. Glynis Sherwood has created a supportive, hopeful and informative journal that will assist you in your healing journey to learn how to protect yourself from those with disordered thinking and actions. Thank you for creating such a wonderful resource to reclaim self worth, trust and confidence, and to set boundaries to protect yourself from further psychological injury.”   ~ MK – Reader review

Another reader described the practical value of the Healing Prompts:

“One of the sets of the healing prompts were especially powerful for me to reevaluate and set up a personal plan of action where I was finding my greatest long term struggle. The clarity gleaned helped me move in a direction that spells the greatest freedom for my future.”  ~ VA – Reader review

Who Is Finding Freedom For?

Finding Freedom may be particularly helpful if you have experienced:

• Family scapegoating
• Childhood narcissistic spectrum abuse
• Emotional abuse, rejection or chronic invalidation within your family
• Family instability involving addiction or emotionally abusive behavior
• Emotionally abusive or manipulative intimate relationships
• Relationship trauma that has affected your self worth, confidence or ability to trust yourself

This book may be useful whether you are just beginning to recognize the effects of these experiences or have already spent considerable time trying to understand what happened and recover from it.

Mental health professionals may also find this material useful in understanding the challenges faced by people recovering from family scapegoating, narcissistic spectrum abuse and other emotionally harmful relationships.

“Finding Freedom feels like being guided by someone who truly understands what it’s like to grow up carrying shame that was never yours. Written with deep empathy, Glynis Sherwood doesn’t rush the reader or minimize the pain. Instead, she walks alongside you, helping you name what happened, understand its impact, and gradually reclaim yourself. This book offers clarity, reassurance and practical steps without ever feeling pushy or prescriptive. I found the Healing Prompts in each chapter particularly helpful.  Overall, Finding Freedom is the kind of book that makes you feel less alone, and more hopeful, page by page.”
~ M.F. Dinares, Author of From Shattered to Whole

About the Author

Glynis Sherwood, MEd, is a psychotherapist, coach and published author who has specialized in family scapegoating and narcissistic spectrum abuse recovery since 2014.

Her work helps adults understand what went wrong in relationships that harmed them, reclaim their sense of self, develop healthier relationships and feel more confident making wise decisions that support and protect the life they want and deserve.

Finding Freedom grew out of this professional work. It brings together psychological understanding, guided reflection and practical Healing Prompts that readers can use to explore their experiences and consider their next steps at their own pace.

Learn more about Glynis: Meet Glynis Sherwood

Begin Your Journey With Finding Freedom

You do not have to figure everything out at once.

You can begin by understanding what happened, exploring how those experiences affected you, and considering what you want to change.

Finding Freedom offers a practical, self guided way to begin that process, with psychological guidance and Healing Prompts you can work through at your own pace.

Finding Freedom: Reclaiming Your Life After Relationship Trauma

An interactive journal and workbook for healing from family scapegoating, narcissistic spectrum abuse and relationship trauma.

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Praise for Glynis Sherwood’s Books and Articles:

“Glynis is warm, understanding and professional. I owe the success of the book ‘What Every Target of Workplace Bullying Needs to Know‘ to her valuable and insightful contributions as a co-author.  She’s awesome!”
~ Anton Hout, Founder: OvercomeBullying.org

“Your articles on Family Scapegoating and Narcissistic abuse really helped me realize that I wasn’t at fault after being scapegoated continuously by my entire family. The role of the family scapegoat nearly ruined my life. Your articles are the best I have read yet on the subject. I will put your links in my resources section. Your articles are helping so many people.”   ~ Unsolicited Testimonial

Finding Freedom is an educational and reflective resource, not a replacement for psychotherapy or coaching. If you would benefit from personalized support, online psychotherapy in Canada and therapeutically informed coaching worldwide are also available.

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